The Relationship between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Anxiety in Men on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Anxiety may serve as a major barrier to participation in active surveillance. Intolerance of uncertainty, that is the tendency to perceive the potential for negative events as threatening, has been linked to cancer related worry. Accordingly we explored prospectively the relationship of intolerance of uncertainty with anxiety along with other clinical factors among men treated with active surveillance for prostate cancer.

Materials and methods

A total of 119 men with D'Amico low risk prostate cancer participating in active surveillance completed the HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), MAX-PC (Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer), IUS (Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale) and I-PSS (International Prostate Symptom Score) surveys from 2011 to 2014. We eval

SUBMITTER: Tan HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4871722 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature